Miserable detectives, giant tanks, fast cars, and hookers come to Steam

The Steam platform just got a bit fatter, with the official announcement that a full catalog of Rockstar Games’ titles will be available on the service starting today. 

Included among the titles available are the entire catalog of Grant Theft Auto games (sans the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable Stories titles), Manhunt, as well as Max Payne and its sequel. The tank combat game, Wild Metal Country, rounds out the list. (Readers may know the game by Wild Metal, the title of the Dreamcast port.)

This week and this week only, Rockstar is offering all of its games on Steam at a 10% discount. How incredibly generous of them to offer such a discount on PC games which are (likely) home to cob webs and dust bunnies on retailer shelves across the country.

That’s not to say these aren’t fantastic games. In fact, it would be tought to argue that any of them are particularly bad, as they all well worth playing. Check the press release and full game list after the jump, and let us know what (if anything) you plan on picking up.

January 4, 2008 – Rockstar Games, the publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc., and Valve announce an agreement to launch Rockstar Games’ entire PC catalog on Steam, a leading platform for the delivery and management of PC games and digital content with over 13 million accounts around the world.

Starting today, gamers may purchase Rockstar Games’ titles, including the complete Grand Theft Auto and Max Payne series plus Manhunt and Midnight Club II. To celebrate the launch, Rockstar is offering all its Steam games for a 10% discount during launch week.

The Rockstar games now available on Steam include:

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Grand Theft Auto III
Grand Theft Auto II
Grand Theft Auto
Midnight Club II
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
Max Payne
Manhunt
Wild Metal Country

 “We were immediately excited by the opportunity to offer our PC catalog via Steam because it allows us to reach out to gamers around the world in exciting new ways,” said Rowan Hajaj, Head of Finance and Corporate Development of Rockstar Games.  “We are continually looking for ways to give back to our fans and this collaboration will give people a chance to easily revisit some of our greatest titles.”

“Rockstar Games brings some of most viscerally engaging games the industry has ever witnessed to Steam’s expansive library of titles,” says Jason Holtman, director of Steam business development.  “We’re delighted to provide a place where gamers across the globe can discover all the fine work Rockstar Games has produced.”